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8 Games like X-COM: Terror From the Deep on Mobile that you should try

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We filtered the 38 games similar to X-COM: Terror From the Deep down to the 8 that fit the “Mobile” category. Concrete Jungle, shapez and WorldBox top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

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DarkHardcoreSolo
Year 1995Dev MicroProse Software

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to X-COM: Terror From the Deep is Concrete Jungle — scoring 46/100 on our similarity scale. shapez and WorldBox follow close behind.

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The best games like X-COM: Terror From the Deep on Mobile

8 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to X-COM: Terror From the Deep. Each one has been evaluated across 15 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

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Concrete Jungle

46
NGL77
Concrete Jungle
Closest overall match
StrategyCity Builder
SoloBase BuildingIsometricMultiplayerCo-op
Year 2015Dev ColePowered GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · iOS · Android

It meets X-COM: Terror From the Deep on single-player focus, base building and an isometric view. The distance is in game mode — its own ground is multiplayer gameplay.

Released 20 years after X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Genre100Progression87Visuals77Game mode35
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shapez

45
NGL96
shapez
Closest on game mode
StrategyCity Builder
SoloBase BuildingManagementIsometricCasual
Year 2020Dev Tobias Springer · PrismatikaOn PC · iOS · Android

Shelved next to X-COM: Terror From the Deep for good reason: single-player focus, base building and an isometric view. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is a casual, approachable feel and 2D presentation.

Released 25 years after X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Genre100Game mode100Progression70Visuals62Tone0
3

WorldBox

45
NGL95
WorldBox
Closest on progression
StrategyCity Builder
SoloBase BuildingManagementPixel ArtIsometric
Year 2018Dev Maxim KarpenkoOn Linux · Android · PC

If X-COM: Terror From the Deep worked for you because of single-player focus, base building and pixel art, the same is here. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world.

Released 23 years after X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Visuals100Tone0Setting0
4

Mini Motorways

43
NGL90
Mini Motorways
StrategyCity Builder
SoloManagementBase BuildingCasualRelaxing
Year 2021Dev Dinosaur Polo ClubPlaytime ~5hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

Same family as X-COM: Terror From the Deep: single-player focus and resource management. They part company on tone and visuals: this one brings a casual, approachable feel and a top-down view.

Released 26 years after X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Genre100Game mode100Progression100Tone0Visuals0
5

Townscaper

43
NGL86
Townscaper
StrategyCity Builder
SoloBase BuildingIsometricCasualRelaxing
Year 2020Dev Oskar Stålberg · Raw FuryOn Xbox · Android · PC

On paper it is what X-COM: Terror From the Deep is — single-player focus, base building and an isometric view — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on tone and progression: this one brings exploration and discovery, and a casual, approachable feel.

Released 25 years after X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals76Progression68Tone0
6

House Flipper

40
NGL75
House Flipper
StrategyCity Builder
SoloManagementBase BuildingMultiplayerRelaxing
Year 2018Dev Ultimate Games · PlayWayPlaytime ~7hOn PC · PS · Xbox

Same family as X-COM: Terror From the Deep: single-player focus and resource management. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is a relaxing pace and a first-person view.

Released 23 years after X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Genre100Progression100Game mode70Tone0Visuals0
7

My Time at Portia

38
NGL82
My Time at Portia
StrategyCity Builder
SoloBase BuildingCozyCasualRelaxing
Year 2019Dev Pathea Games · Team17On PS4 · Android · PC

The genre is the same as X-COM: Terror From the Deep’s, and with it single-player focus and base building. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world.

Released 24 years after X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Genre100Game mode100Progression32Tone0Setting0Visuals0
8

Plague Inc.

30
NGL80
Plague Inc.
Closest on setting
StrategyRTS
SoloTacticalDarkHorrorSci-FiIsometric
Year 2012Dev Ndemic CreationsOn PC · Android · iOS

With X-COM: Terror From the Deep it shares deep simulation, dark, oppressive atmosphere and tactical combat. To that it adds horror setting and single-player focus. They part company on genre and tone: this one brings real-time strategy.

Released 17 years after X-COM: Terror From the Deep.

Game mode100Setting100Combat86Visuals76Tone69Genre50

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